Tristan Ivory 450 Serra Mall, Building 120,, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 tivory@stanford.edu EDUCATION PhD (2010 to 2014) Stanford University (Anticipated December 2014) MA (2008 to 2010) Stanford University MEd (2004 to 2006) UC Los Angeles Graduate School of Education BA (2000 to 2004) Stanford University Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (with Honors) DISSERTATION Title: We Came in Search of Greener Pastures : Social and Economic Outcomes of Sub-Saharan Africans Living in Japan Abstract: My dissertation examines resources and strategies that matter most for Sub-Saharan Africans seeking to maximize social and economic outcomes in the Tokyo Metropolitan Region. It attempts to answer the following question: How do migrants make their way in a society that provides relatively few opportunities for non-citizens and how does the host society respond to their presence (if at all)? The issues of greatest interest arising from the research are: differences in immigrant incorporation based on entering visa status, interpersonal communication across ethnic boundaries, strategies for attaining social and human capital after migration, religious institutions and their importance for building and nurturing social networks, gender dynamics within contemporary migration, romantic partner selection and intermarriage, and childrearing and transnational family support practices. One of the most important findings is that marriage to a Japanese national is the primary mode for regularizing most unauthorized migrants legal status as well as a major conduit for access to social capital and social networks. Committee: C. Matthew Snipp (Co-Chair), Tomás Jiménez (Co-Chair), John W. Meyer RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS International Migration, Ethnography, Political Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Social Mobility and Stratification, Global and Transnational Sociology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Qualitative Methods, Survey Methodology RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Conducted independent field research in Tokyo Japan for dissertation between July 2011 and August 2012 (60 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, over 800 hours of both participant observation and nonparticipant observation) Assisted data entry on STATA-based social demography project for Professor Snipp (Summer 2011) Experience with STATA and R packages Helped to research and design questionnaire for the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality (CPI) San Francisco Food Bank Project (2010 to 2011) Tristan Ivory 1
OTHER PROJECTS Post-Migration Capital Investments Survey Project (with Dr. Guilherme Kenji Chihaya, Umeå University) (2012 Present): Co-propose a longitudinal survey of human and social capital acquisition across six nations using population registries to generate sample frame. Baseline measures of language proficiency, educational and professional credentials, social network composition, health assessments, and working relationships will be evaluated for all individuals across all nations while select independent measurements can be added for select groups of individuals within different countries. Currently in grant writing phase. Specter of Poverty Project (2013 Present): Qualitative study of the long-term attitudinal and behavioral effects of childhood poverty on adults no longer living in poverty. Designed to highlight intrapersonal aspects of social mobility using research strategies and insights gained from previous research experience. Anticipated research methods include in-depth semi-structured interviews, direct observation, and survey questionnaires. Currently in planning stage. PUBLICATIONS Marriage as a Social Resource: Distinctions Among Immigrants in Japan (Under Review at the American Journal of Sociology) Review of Transpacific Antiracism by Yuichiro Onishi in Social Science Japan Journal (In Print January 2015) Cultural Reproduction, encyclopedia entry for Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education, ed. James A. Banks, Sage Publications (2012) (With Prudence L. Carter) PAPERS IN PROGRESS Winners from the Start: Immigrant Incorporation and Social Mobility in Japan A Black by Any Other Name: Strategic Ethnic Performance and the Commodification of Ethnic Identity Immigration Policy, Gender, Identity and Their Implications Beyond the First-Generation in Japan The Influence of Nation-State Naturalization Policy on Immigrant Socioeconomic Incorporation Using Multilevel Linear Analysis From Here to There, Unseen Between: West African Hip Hop Fashion Boutique Workers in Urban Japan STANFORD UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013 Capital Ideas: Human, Cultural, and Social Capital in Post WWII US Society Instructor Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Undergraduate Course 2013 Racial and Ethnic Relations Course Assistant, Undergraduate Course 2013 Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Teaching Fellow Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Undergraduate Course 2011 Introduction to Urban Studies Course Assistant Program in Urban Studies, Undergraduate Course 2010 Introduction to Social Stratification Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Course 2009 Foundations of Social Research Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Course Tristan Ivory 2
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2007 2008 Channel Islands High School (Oxnard, CA) 2006 2007 Cimarron-Memorial High School (Las Vegas, NV) 2005 2006 Leuzinger High School (Hawthorne, CA) PRESENTATIONS Sub-Saharan African Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Urban Tokyo: Too Little, Too Late? To be presented at the 2014 3 rd Conference on Chinese in Africa/Africans in China in Guangzhou, China Winners from the Start: Immigrant Incorporation and Social Mobility in Urban Japan To be presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association Marriage as a Social Resource: Distinctions Among Immigrants in Japan Presented at 2014 International Sociological Association Conference in Yokohama, Japan Marriage as a Social Resource: Distinctions Among Immigrants in Japan Presented at 2014 Pacific Sociological Association Conference in Portland, Oregon A Black by Any Other Name: Strategic Ethnic Performance and the Commodification of Ethnic Identity Presented at the 2013 American Sociological Association Conference in New York, New York Longitudinal Survey of Immigrant Human and Social Capital Investments After Migration: A Proposal Presented at the 2013 4 th Norface Conference at University College London (with Guilherme Kenji Chihaya) From Here to There, Unseen Between: West African Hip Hop Fashion Boutique Workers in Urban Japan Presented at the Dec. 4 th 2012 Meeting of the Cities Unbound Workshop at Stanford University Immigration Policy, Gender, Identity and their Implications for Sub-Saharan Africans living in Japan Presented at the 2012 American Anthropological Association Conference in San Francisco, California New Perspectives on Immigrant Human and Social Capital Accumulation Presented on June 4 th, 2012 at the Center for the Study of Stratification and Inequality at Tohoku University Greener Pastures: Preliminary Results of Ethnographic Fieldwork on Sub-Saharan Africans in Japan Presented at the May 15 th, 2012 Ethnographic Fieldwork Workshop at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan The Influence of State-level Naturalization Policy on Immigrant Socioeconomic Incorporation Presented at the 2011 American Sociology Association Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada Same Old Story?: Variations in Non-Native Born Incorporation Across Geographic Region Presented at the 2010 Conference on Poverty and Inequality in the 21 st Century at Stanford University The Nation-State and Immigrant Socio-economic Incorporation Presented at the 2010 18 th Meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium Behind the Seams: West African Hip Hop Fashion Boutique Workers in Urban Japan Presented at the 2004 Globalization and the African World Conference at Gettysburg College Tristan Ivory 3
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS 2014 National Center for Institutional Diversity Emerging Diversity Scholar Stanford Program in Writing and Rhetoric Teaching Fellowship (2014-2015): $59,000 plus benefits (declined) Diversifying Academy, Recruiting Excellence Fellowship (2012-2014): Covers tuition, health insurance, and $39,360 stipend CSRE Graduate Teaching and Fellowship Program (2012-2013): Provides tuition, health care, and a living stipend (accepted position, declined funding) Vice Provost for Graduate Education Dissertation Grant (2012): $5,000 in research funding Stanford Sociology Research Opportunity Grant (2012): $4,400 in research funding Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo (2012): Institutional affiliation plus office space US Department of Education IFLE Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship (2011): $8,000 in Japanese language training funds and living stipend EDGE-SBE Research Funding (2011): $1,000 in research funding Stanford University Graduate Research Opportunity Grant Recipient (2011): $4,239 in research funding CCSRE Graduate Fellowship (2008-2012): Tuition and a $32,640 stipend UCLA Marion and Bob Wilson Scholarship (2004): Tuition and a $27,400 stipend Japan Foundation Japan Studies Scholarship Award (2004): Award for excellence in research on Japan ($500) Robert M. Golden Medal for Excellence in Thesis Writing (2004): University award for best honors thesis ($300) MEMBERSHIP/SERVICE Member: American Sociological Association (2009 to Present) Member: International Sociological Association (2011 to Present) Member: American Anthropological Association (2012 to Present) Member: International Studies Association (2012 to Present) Member: Pacific Sociological Association (2013 to Present) Reviewer: Identities, Social Science Journal Japan Presider for Policy Implications and Debates at the 2014 Pacific Sociological Association Conference Culture and Society Reading Group Facilitator (2012 2013) Race, Ethnicity, Immigration Reading Group Facilitator (2012 2013) Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Senior Paper Advisor (2012 Present) Social Co-Chair for the Stanford Association of Sociology Graduate Students (2009 2010) Volunteer for ASA 2009 International Migration Pre-Conference (August 8 th, 2009) LANGUAGES English: Native speaking, reading, and writing ability (US Citizen by birth); Japanese: Advanced Intermediate speaking, reading, and writing ability; Spanish: Intermediate reading, beginner speaking and writing ability. Tristan Ivory 4
REFERENCES C. Matthew Snipp Stanford University (650) 725-0414 snipp@stanford.edu Tomás Jiménez Stanford University (650) 721-5822 tjimenez@stanford.edu John W. Meyer Stanford University (650) 723-1868 meyer@stanford.edu Monica McDermott University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (217) 265-0938 mcderm@illinois.edu Tristan Ivory 5
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